Photos of the Day 06/24

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Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers' assistants Kerry Wallace (l.) and Victoria Crake pose for photographers while wearing Darth Vader helmets created by artists, during a photocall in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Thursday. The two helmets designed by street artists Niagara and Eelus and will go on display at Lyon & Turnbull on Friday and are from a collection of 100 from The Vader Project which are to be auctioned in Philadelphia on July 10. David Moir/Reuters

Japan supporters arrive for the World Cup group E soccer match between Denmark and Japan at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, on Thursday. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

A handler holds a 2-week-old Siberian tiger cub at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden on Thursday. The Siberian tiger, the biggest of the tiger subspecies, is considered an endangered species with only some 300-500 alive in the wild or in captivity. Pontus Lundahl/Reuters

Oil washes up on Pensacola Beach, Fla., staining its famous white sands on Wednesday. Florida saw its worst effect yet from the BP oil spill as thick, oily sludge washed ashore. Emergency workers said the pudding-like mixture covered three miles of the barrier island that is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Ben Gruber/Reuters

A boy stands in a flooded area after heavy rains in Uniao dos Palmares, in the Brazilian state of Alagoas, Thursday. Brazilian rescuers continue searching for 600 people declared missing after heavy rains hit two states. Felipe Dana/AP

Children play with giant bubbles at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 in England on Wednesday. Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Festival goers set off paper lanterns at nightfall at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 in England on Wednesday. Glastonbury is one of the top summer musical festivals in Western Europe and it runs from June 23 to 27. Luke MacGregor/Reuters

President Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave after an unscheduled visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., on Thursday. Charles Dharapak/AP

A man holds onto the horn of a goat as it is bathed in the sea during the San Juan (Saint John the Baptist) celebration in Puerto de La Cruz, on Spain's Canary Island of Tenerife on Thursday. Santiago Ferrero/Reuters

Gary Faulkner talks to the media after walking through Denver International Airport after arriving in Denver, Colo., on Thursday. Faulkner was deported from Pakistan after being discovered in the country with a pistol, a sword, and night-vision equipment on a personal mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden. Chris Schneider/AP

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (c.) addresses the troops on board the Royal Navy's HMS Ark Royal carrier, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Thursday. Cameron made a short stop to visit the carrier, while on his way to Toronto and Deerhurst to attend the G-8 and G-20 summits. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

People watch fireworks on a beach during the traditional San Juan's night in Malaga, Spain, on Thursday. Jon Nazca/Reuters

An ethnic Kyrgyz girl carries a boy at a refugee camp near the city of Osh on Thursday. An international police force may be needed to restore stability in southern Kyrgyzstan after the ethnic bloodshed that has killed hundreds and sparked a wave of refugees, an official said Wednesday. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

Members of the Little Angels folk ballet from South Korea, on a tour of 16 nations who sent combat troops to fight the Korean War, take their seats for a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, at the US Capitol on Thursday. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

A guest swims in the infinity pool of the Skypark that tops the Marina Bay Sands hotel towers in Singapore on Thursday. The Sands Skypark features an infinity pool overlooking Singapore's city skyline and Marina Bay, a public observation deck, and a restaurant run by a celebrity chef. Vivek Prakash/Reuters

People walk past a sand sculpture of US performer Michael Jackson created to mark the first anniversary of his death, at the Bay of Bengal coast, in Puri, India, on Thursday. AP

On Friday, Russia's sports ministry denied accusations of state-sponsored doping that implicate more than 1,000 athletes across more than 30 sports in sample swapping, tampering with samples, and taking steroid cocktails designed to evade Olympic testing.